Freedom. Monday 26 October, 2009

Working on Live Unchained keeps freedom on our minds. Live Unchained has been a journey of freeing ourselves–mainly from the fears and anxieties of taking on such a large and important project. As we continued to share the project with our sisters, we found the love and support that allowed us, and the project to […]

Working on Live Unchained keeps freedom on our minds. Live Unchained has been a journey of freeing ourselves–mainly from the fears and anxieties of taking on such a large and important project. As we continued to share the project with our sisters, we found the love and support that allowed us, and the project to grow.

We are still questioning for ourselves what freedom is and means. Can one of us be free if we aren’t all free? Is freedom, as Nina Simone said, something you can’t explain with language?

Typically, when we reach a stumbling block in writing or designing for Live Unchained we play something by Nina Simone–like, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Be Feel to Be Free.” (For this song, Nina Simone should be considered the unofficial co-author of our upcoming press release.)

What does living unchained mean to you?

...artistic freedom, brutal honesty and quirky personalities...We are all bound in some way by family, history and society, but that doesn’t have to limit us. As artists, it is also our strength. Queendom

For me, living unchained means finding that thing in your blood that you’re passionate about and pursuing it, chasing it, living it, being it…no matter what. Shantell Martin

Doing fearlessly. Nomsa Mazwai

It is a great adventure. Typically, we don’t know what will come in the next moments or in the next months. But, when I look back, over a long time, I have been able to live from my passion of music and I am grateful. Whatever else comes, I will be fine. Mamadee

It means saying "this is who I am" - accept it or don't. Emayatzy Corinealdi

Copyright 2012 Live Unchained. Live Unchained, including liveunchained.com by Kathryn Buford, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
For permissions beyond the scope of this license please contact 411@liveunchained.com